Title: [Plugin: Role Scoper] Make posts page private
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Role Scoper] Make posts page private

 *  Resolved [b-cat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b-cat/)
 * (@b-cat)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-role-scoper-make-posts-page-private/)
 * Love Role Scoper!
 * One problem:
 * I have created a separate News page (e.g., domain.com/news) and via Role Scoper
   I have restricted access to that News page to users that have logged in with 
   the correct credentials.
 * That RS restriction on that News page worked perfectly until…
 * …I designated that News page as the “Posts page” (via WP Settings > Reading Settings
   > Posts Page pull-down menu). Now, WP treats that News page as the location for
   displaying all Posts (which is what I wanted), but for some reason, WP has also
   now made the page public again, and anyone can view it regardless of login…?!(
   The RS restriction settings remain in place, they just have no effect now that
   WP treats the News page as the location for posts.)
 * Is there a setting in RS that will restrict access to that designated posts page
   based on a user’s login role? (I do not want to have to manually designate each
   individual post as public or private in the Posts menu. I just want the permissions/
   restrictions of that News page to control who sees the page.)
 * Thanks for any advice!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Behrens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinb/)
 * (@kevinb)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-role-scoper-make-posts-page-private/#post-3113327)
 * You’re running into the flip side of an intentional design to make Role Scoper
   filter based on the actual query contents as opposed to the “framing” page.
 * You can modify your theme code to suppress the output or redirect to a 404 page:
 *     ```
       if ( ! current_user_can( 'read_post', $your_page_id ) ) {
         // don't display the page content
       }
       ```
   

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 * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/)
 * [private](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/private/)
 * [public](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/public/)
 * [settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/settings/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kevin Behrens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinb/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-role-scoper-make-posts-page-private/#post-3113327)
 * Status: resolved